Sunday, March 21, London

LONDON BABY!

Today was the kick-off of our first UK headline tour. We’ve been in the UK before at Metal Femme Fest in Birmingham, and as a support of Sonata Arctica last December, but today was the first time we had to do it on our own. We were all pretty excited because our album April Rain was released not too long ago in the UK, and we’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback from UK fans, magazines and radio stations.

[guess who’s back! Our tour mascotte got himself some nice shades

We started the day by crossing the canal from Calais through the tunnel, having some minor atacks of claustrophobia. We made it to London two hours early, which gave us the opportunity to enjoy a bit of London in the sun. We all expected the UK to be cold and rainy, but we had lovely weather today!

Sander’s considering a new hearcut, something like this..

On arrival at the venue we met the guys and girl from Achilla, our support for the week, after which we started build-up, and had some promo. The afternoon flew by and it wasn’t long until the venue was packed and we were all getting ready to go on stage.

preparing for the gig, special UK make-up

The show was magical, we got such a lovely respons from the audience that it left us speechless at some points. It was a very special evening, and not only because of the nice response, but also because this was the first night that Otto, our new bassplayer, joined us on stage. He got a very warm welcome, we thank you all for that.
After the show we had a good time meeting fans outside, some who’ve been waiting from 8 am in the morning in front of the venue. We really enjoyed their company, so to all of them (you know who you are) thanks, also for the sweet gifts, and we hope to see you next time!

Delain hits newspapers after first London headline gig ;)